Psychological Trauma Of Children Of Dysfunctional Families

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic relates to the importance of family influence on the development of children's personality. At the same time certain family problems are seen among the causes of children's psychological trauma. We conducted empiric research to study the nature of children's psychological trauma of dysfunctional families. The following methods were used to achieve our goal: observation; conversations with class teachers and children; parents' survey; testing with the help of the following techniques: 'Analysis of Family Relationships'; 'Kinetic Family Drawing'; children's fears identification method 'Fears in the house'; methods of mathematical and statistical data processing (Pearson Correlation Analysis and Student's T-test). It was found that what dysfunctional families have in common is predominantly unbalanced parenting. Children in dysfunctional families suffer from a number of fears that does not correspond to their age norm. It shows their infantilization and natural ageing process slowdown.It was established that parents of dysfunctional families contribute to the development of psychological trauma in their children. The collected data allow us to draw conclusions which might be used by practicing psychologists developing programs on family relationships improvement, parent and child relationship therapy. The results of this study can also be used for teaching parents constructive ways of interaction with children and for pedagogical activity in educational institutions.

Przystosowanie do przedszkola dzieci z rodzin pełnych i rozbitych

“…Children who are raised in incomplete or broken families do not have access to the cognitive-behavioural resources that help to become self-sufficient, resulting in inhibited functioning not only in a family environment but also in other areas of life (Błażek, 2014). Children whose family was broken suffer from a higher degree of social anxiety and are characterized by lower cognitive competences (Minullina, 2018). They more often withdraw from social relations, achieve lower results at school, and their parents often point to their behavioural problems (Fagan, Churchill, 2022).…”

Impact of Dysfunctional Parenting on Aggression and Disruptive Behaviour among Children

“…It was concluded that predominantly unbalanced parenting is common in dysfunctional families. It was also found that parents in dysfunctional households play an important role in the occurrence of psychological stress in their children (Minullina, 2018).…”

The Impact of Dysfunctional Families on the Mental Health of Children

“…In dysfunctional families, mostly both or one parent exhibits unharmonious, parenting style and behaves in an unpredictable manner resulting in the home environment being unstable [8]. Children as a result are forever on guard because they never know what to expect and when conflict is going to take place.…”